987 The International Reward Pool (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

Mu Ningxue did not recover from the shock after a long time.

-The Drowning Curse, why would the same, strange curse take place at a beach that was so far away?-

Mu Ningxue immediately asked the old man for more details. The old man told Mu Ningxue everything he knew.

It turned out that eight people had already died to Drowning Curse at different times. The old man had lived in the area for many years, hence why he was familiar with the strange incident.

However, no one knew exactly where the Drowning Curse came from!

”So you're here, what's so special about that bonfire?” Mo Fan's voice appeared behind her.

Mu Ningxue was left speechless. What eyesight did this guy have? That was a body being cremated on the beach, not a bonfire!

Besides, who the hell would come to the beach just to watch a bonfire in broad daylight!?

”I witnessed something terrifying at East Maritime Fortress.” Mu Ningxue briefly explained the Drowning Curse to Mo Fan.

Mo Fan was dumbfounded when he heard about the Drowning Curse.

-A person running to the ocean to drown themselves?-

And the corpse would turn extremely pale and dried up? It sounded like the symptoms of some scary disease, yet he had never heard of any disease that could force someone to kill themselves!

”What about the skeleton? Did you learn something new?”

It was unlikely they could figure out the reason behind the Drowning Curse now. Mu Ningxue switched the topic to the skeleton. As a matter of fact, the sudden appearance of the skeleton was actually a lot scarier than the Drowning Curse.

”The creature's bone marrow is all gone. The bones were huge, but the insides were empty,” Mo Fan told her.

The group finally realized why the skeleton was able to float on the surface of the ocean. The bones were hollow and empty, thus they were not as heavy as the team initially thought.

The Hunter Union had sent someone to investigate the matter. However, it was hard to tell if they could learn anything useful.

”I want to learn the truth,” Mu Ningxue said.

”Likewise, such a huge skeleton, the flesh, blood, and bone marrow were all gone. I wonder what actually happened,” Mo Fan said.

”I was referring to the Drowning Curse,” Mu Ningxue said seriously.

”...” Mo Fan felt his balls aching. Did Mu Ningxue's thoughts always jump around like this?

Alright, perhaps Mu Ningxue's mind was occupied with the Drowning Curse, since it was her second time stumbling into it.

Thinking about it, if something so terrifying happened at the East Maritime Fortress, and was now happening on the other side of the planet, the Drowning Curse was surely far more serious than it seemed before!

”I'll help you, I'm a Hunter Master after all,” Mo Fan said.

”Mmm!” Mu Ningxue did not reject Mo Fan's offer.

For some reason, Mu Ningxue's instincts were telling her that there was more to the Drowning Curse than met the eye. Mu Ningxue did not want to see another corpse showing up at the beach...

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It was true that Mo Fan was a Hunter Master, but he still had to ask the experienced and knowledgeable Lingling for help most of the time.

Lingling was still in New York. She was probably busy with something that Old Bao asked her to do.

Mo Fan returned to the inn and found a computer connected to the Internet. He briefly described the Drowning Curse to Lingling, hoping that she had some information about it.

Lingling had access to a huge database that contained the records of most strange incidents that happened across the world.

Lingling's eyes immediately glittered when she heard about the Drowning Curse.

”Where are you guys?” Lingling asked.

”Tinuoaya City in Portugal. Don't tell me you're thinking of coming over?” Mo Fan replied.

”Why can't I? Anything is better than going back to school!” Lingling answered.

Since Mo Fan had started traveling around the world, Lingling felt like she was going to rot at the Magic City. There were no incidents, no missions, no chance of using her brain. She felt like she was going to collapse at any second.

She had enough of the boring days. She had to find something that a Hunter was supposed to do!